Double Vision, Diplopia: Diagnostic Tests

Obligatory medical device diagnostics.

  • Slit-lamp examination (slit-lamp microscope; viewing of the eyeball under appropriate illumination and high magnification).
  • Ophthalmoscopy (ocular fundus examination).
  • Visual acuity testing (examination of visual acuity).

Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the medical history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics and mandatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnostic clarification.

  • Electromyography (EMG; measurement of electrical muscle activity) – for suspected paralysis of the eye muscles.
  • Tonometry (intraocular pressure measurement)
  • Computed tomography of the skull (cranial CT, cranial CT or cCT) – for further diagnostics.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial MRI, cranial MRI or cMRI) – for further diagnostics.
  • Angiography (representation of blood vessels by contrast medium in an X-ray examination).
  • Thyroid sonography (ultrasound examination of the thyroid gland) -as a basic examination to determine the size and volume of the thyroid gland and possible